Waste prevention

What is the concept of waste prevention?

• Waste prevention aims to minimize waste generation by focusing on reducing, reusing, and recycling materials.

• Waste prevention involves throwing away materials without consideration

• Waste prevention encourages excessive consumption and disposal

• Waste prevention focuses on increasing waste generation

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Name one way to reduce food waste at home.

• Plan meals ahead of time

• Throwing away leftovers without trying to repurpose them

• Ignoring expiration dates on food items

• Leaving food uncovered in the fridge

How can individuals reduce paper waste?

• Use digital documents, recycle paper products, opt for electronic communication methods, and minimize unnecessary printing.

• Avoid recycling paper products

• Increase paper usage

• Throw paper in regular trash

Why is it important to reduce plastic waste?

• Plastic waste is beneficial for the environment

• Reducing plastic waste has no impact on wildlife

• Human health is not affected by plastic waste

• Reducing plastic waste is important to protect the environment, wildlife, and human health.

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What are the benefits of composting?

• Increased waste production

• Soil depletion

• Higher cost of gardening supplies

• The benefits of composting include waste reduction, soil enrichment, decreased need for chemical fertilizers, and improved plant growth.

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Explain the term 'upcycling' in the context of waste prevention.

• Upcycling refers to reusing discarded objects or material in such a way as to create a product of higher quality or value than the original.

• Upcycling refers to throwing away discarded objects.

• Upcycling involves reusing materials to create a product of lower quality.

• Upcycling is the process of recycling waste materials.

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What role does recycling play in waste prevention?

• Recycling reduces waste by reusing materials in new products, thus preventing the need for raw material extraction and production.

• Recycling increases waste by creating more pollution

• Recycling leads to depletion of natural resources

• Recycling has no impact on waste prevention

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How can businesses contribute to waste prevention?

• Encouraging excessive packaging

• Implementing practices such as reducing packaging, reusing materials, recycling waste, and donating excess products.

• Throwing away excess products

• Ignoring recycling opportunities

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Discuss the impact of electronic waste on the environment.

• Electronic waste negatively impacts the environment through the release of toxic chemicals and heavy metals, contaminating soil, water, and air.

• Electronic waste promotes biodiversity

• Electronic waste has no impact on the environment

• Electronic waste helps in improving air quality

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What are some strategies to prevent clothing waste?

• Throw away clothes after one use

• Keep buying fast fashion items

• Ignore the impact of clothing waste

• Buy quality clothing, donate or sell clothes, repurpose old clothes, participate in clothing swaps, recycle textiles

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